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Gibson Charges oe Shortchanged
By Lack Of Competition In City
William: B,..-Gibson; Ire; Liberal
Party candidate for aldermanin the 7th
Ward,
tion. And, he doesn't believe the city
of Albany should be either. But, ap-
parently it is, says the 25-year old
member of the Brothers.
Mr.
administrators not only fear the chief
ingredient that makes the business
world go around, but works over time
to eliminate any semblance of competi-
tion wherever it has a chance to crop
Gibson is
A TOOL this child was taugh Aes:
that the policeman is her. friend, “but.
now she must feel differently.
What’s Happening
At The Brothers’ Office
Sometimes you begin to think that
"Albany's finest" (the "enforcers of the
law'') don't really have any compassion
or human feelings -- and sometimes
you know it. Take for example last
Saturday.
Gordon Van Ness-~ and William
Brooks, Brothers, and Peter Pollak,
editor of The Liberator, all happened.
on a scene Saturday afternoon that
makes you want to stay home and watch
the non-violent televison movies. A
black woman was being dragged from
a house by several policemen on Clin-
ton Avenue.
Van Ness; who was driving by, saw
the police throw the woman (Mrs. Bar-
bara Edmonds of 247 Clinton Avenue)
into a patrol car. He saw clubs in the
policemens' hands and he was later told
by a person who had seen the whole
thing, that they had been using the
clubs on her le8S Continued on Page 2
oe a CVGr
isn't afraid of a little competi-
convinced that city’
| included Harry W, Linindoll,
‘extermination company was awarded a)
‘Service,
It's Mr. Gibson's theory that when-
the danger of good and hones‘
competition rears its head, the Albany
administration calls on its friends. The
resultis invariably the same--the poo)
get shortchanged.
Two such friends of the administra.
tion made news in recent days. The
whos
$11,500 contract for a two-month ra
control’ pilot project, and Herbert F.
Clark, the Clark Disposa
which has received severa
contracts for trash removal pilot pro
jects, including the latest in connection
with the rat extermination program.
Both Mr. Linindoll and Mr. Clark
erve t the. Democratic pasty as. Ward
owner of
Gibson To Speak
William Gibson, Liberal Party can-
didate for Alderman in the 7th Ward,
will be one of the principal speaker
at a Liberal Party ‘cocktail party,
October 8 at the Ambassador Hotel.
‘Gibson will speak on the problems
of the ghetto, which he claims his op-}.
ponent knows nothing about since he
doesn't live in the ghetto.
jection so much as the fact that these
contracts were awarded, without bid-
ding, to the men who serve the party
and grease the machine.
So, in an attempt to bring back that
old spirit of competition, Mr. Gibson
is sending letters to extermination
companies and trash removal collect-
ors, hoping to stir up a united protest
from those companies, who are not
friends of the city administration.
With) Clark Disposal awarded this
latest contract,'' said Mr. Gibson,
black people get it in the back again. ''
The Liberal Party candidate said that
there are a number of small trash col-
lection companies that have been serv-
ing the South End for years. "With
Clark getting that contract, those
smaller companies will be wiped out, m
explained Mr. Gibson. ''Most of those
smaller companies hire black people.
So it means the end of their jobs. It
seems nomatter what we do, tats Negro
always gets hung in the end.
Continued on Page 4
Mrs Mamie Wynn a
ag MONS Student
What is it--an ant--a
bee--ora
black-eved susan with antennac’? That
ts what Mra. Mamie Wyas of 2¢ Lark
Strect asked her, tnetructors of her
Manpower nurses assistants courte &-
bout a caricature in one of their sars-
ing instruction books...
But if it is an insect, that adds oa!
sult to injury according to Mrs.: Wynn):
es
wages *
‘for the caricature (see page A) not only.
mocks the Negro race, but also ‘mocks
Negro women inthe nursing: profession.
The little black- eyed susan appears ©
inand around the book illustrating work
thatis doneby nurses assistants. Mrs.
Wynn, who feelsthe nur sing profession
should be taken seriously, said she
didn't think the bookwas a comic book.
Whatever the reason for the carica-
ture in the manual which is put out by
a Delmar Publishers, Inc. , Mrs. Wynn
expressed the opinion to ate instruct-",
ors and to other personnel at the Man-
power Center that something should be
done about the book.
Mrs. Wynn also wrote letters to the
Superintendent of Schools, James T.
Hepinstall, to Mayor Corning, Con-
gressman Button, and President John-
son. Superintendent Hepinstall and
Mayor Corning both replied that they
would look into the matter. Congress-
man Button sent Jerry Blanton, Repub-
lican Party candidate for Alderman in
the 7th Ward, in person to talk to Mrs.
Wynn. So far no one has promised that
Continued on Page 4
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Rat Control In Albany
by Gordon Van Ness
Now our city is starting a rat con-
trol program. They are asking the peo-
ple of Arbor Hill to put rat poison in
their homes as part of the program to
control rats.
_I think the city of Albany is confus-
ed. What kind of political game aré
they playing with our city and people?
Why should the people do the work,
when they are paying for this program
with their tax dollars? Mr. Linindoll
owas handed $11, 500 for, this. project.
pe es Tat Deke BEX
aks paying and doing his own’ —
: wiefiohappaaieak city; too. Is our, city that
poor? What kind of city do we have?
Maybethe city needs help; but so do
the people. The people have demands
for the city:
‘1. People have asked the city from
time to time to. help make slum land-
lords fix up homes so people can live
decently in them.
2, The citizens of Arbor Hill and
the South End have asked the city for
better schools and teachers.
3. The citizens of Arbor Hill and the
South End want better and more play-
grounds for their children.
4. The citizens of Arbor Hill and
the South End would like paved streets
just like the people who live out on
Western Avenue. |
5. The citizens of Arbor Hill and
the South End have asked for city-wide
trash collection.
All these things have been refused
by the city. Maybe now a portion of the
above are being considered; but for the
city's benefit, not for the people asa
whole.
If the city would have _ city-wide
trash collection, everyone would bene-
fit. This would help get rid of rats with
little trouble, because as long as there
is trash, there will be rats. Trash and
rats go together - if you have one, you
have the other.
Every citizen of Albany should re-
fuse to help in this project until their
demands are answered first.
2 Albany Liberator
Editorial _ from The Bay State Banner.
America On Collision Course
The air is brisk. Labor Dayis past.
Public officials breath a sigh of relief.
‘They know that Fall's chill will soon
drive the crowds from the _ ghetto
streets. The long, hot summer has
cooled. ee
Racial conflict during the summer
was the most severe in recent history.
Some 32 cities exploded an estimated
86 persons were killed, 2,056 more
were injuredand ll, 094 were arrested.
Property damage amounted to more
than half a billion dollars.
Our citiés are asking, '"'Can the
causes of the violence be cured? Will
the summer of 1968 be the worst sum-
mer of all?''
A recent Harris Poll indicates that
the majority of whites favor dramatic
program to aid the ghettos. It does
seem, then, that Federal spending is
politically feasible. But money alone
will not solve the problem. |
In almost every city, rebellion was
sparked by a police incident. To the
people of the ghetto, the police are an
invading army of oppressors. Black
people interviewed stated bymore than
2 to 1 that police brutality is a major -
cause ofthe trouble. Whites rejectthis
notion by 8 to l. In fact, only 16 per
cent of whites believe there is any po-
lice brutality against blacks at all. : ee
udes, suggest, that, polices,
Pin gs
wer oO Teper ion.
/a.White - “atti
SS ata see a Sere cee ipo ware
tality against Afro-Americans will not
be favorably received. Yet blacks con-
tinue to view the police as a major ir-
ritant. We are at an impasse. Unless
the police problem is resolved, nothing
What’s Happening
From Page |
Pollak was walking down the street
when he
there he’ saw one woman in a patrol
car. He counted four patrol cars alto-
gether and a cycle.
Whenhe asked a little girl what was
going on, she replied that they were
taking her mother to jail. The police
were talking loudly and Pollak over-
heard one say that they ought to take
her to the station and ''beat the s---
out of her."'
Brooks arrived a second later and
while the three tried to find out what
had happened, a paddy wagon droveup
and two policemen dragged the woman.
out of the car and literally threw her
into the wagon.
One of the bystanders told one of the
policemen that the woman had only re-
sisted because she didn't want to leave
her young child alone, and asked the
"officer of the law'' what they would do
with the child. The officer replied, "'I
don't give a damn what you do with
her,'' and then joined his buddies ina
car. As they rode away, we could al-
mosthear them boasting about how four
patrolcars, a cyclist, and a paddy wa-
gon had captured one black woman.
: cided by a. handful of rebels.
lly stothesbanmw. sts
a
saw the crowd. When he got |
else can effectively ease racial ten-
sions. At any time during the imple-
mentation of programs for housing,
employment, ‘education, etc., this ‘po-
lice-ghetto hostility can ote - into
violence.
The militant attitude of gia A- |
mericans makes renewed violence very
probable. The results of the Harris
Poll show that a new militancy is per-
meating the ghetto. Only 60% of the
blacks polled agreed that the violence
has hurt the civil rights cause.
68 per cent agreed that Afro-Ameri-
cans have more to lose than to gain by
resorting to violence. Some 12% of
blacks interviewed said that the rebell-
ions have helped, and 10 to 15 per cent
of the black community actively sup-
port the rebellions.
These statistics reveal that roughly
one-third of all Afro-Americans are
ready to accept the legitimacy of re-
-bellion. This amounts to approximately
9 million black people. And 3 million
blacks actively endorse violence.
Analysts of the Harris Poll seem
relieved thata majority of Afro-Amer-
icans reject violence. They treat the
subject a3 though the question of black
rebellion is to be decided by majority
rule. How naive. The issue will be de-
And al-
aV-s35: idd OnD1le gira
America is on a collision course
toward racial conflict. The revolution-
aries will be plotting this winter. What
will you be doing?
|More Schools Needed
"More schools are needed to alle-
viate overcrowding,'' says William B.
Gibson Jr., candidate for alderman in
the 7th Ward. :
To prove the point with statistics in-
stead of a first hand awareness, the
Brothers' November hopeful asked for
school enrollment data this
week.
earlier
Mr. Gibson directed his request for
information to Dr. James T. Hepin-
stall, superintendent of schools in Al-
bany.
His letter, -said, in part, ''How
Many schools are there in the city?
How many children in each school and
how many children in each. classroom?
Mr. Gibson charges that schools in
Arbor Hill and South End sector's are
overcrowded and adds, ''Kids can't get
a right education in overcrowded
classrooms. -
A resident of the Arbox Hill section,
Mr. Gibson said, his campaign is not
geared toward creating a more favor-
able racial balance in the city's public
schools, but merely ''bettér balance in
classroom size.''
He added, ''As long as the children
have-good teachers and are getting a
good education, the situation is ok."'
ON ‘ fk gets. : ‘
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Ss ese ke is On ee ee
‘Only ©
UT. Hippie
Don’t Mess With Cops, Grant :
I been reflectin' on that article
of Mike Dunn's awhile back, the
one 'bout L.A. arrestin' those two
cats for socializin' with one o' his
chicks... It reminds me of onetime
me and my old lady was in this
bar, and this cop was hangin! a-
round...He kept buttin' in on our
conversation, asking her to dance
orhavea drink with him...an' she
kept on refusin' an' explainin' how
we're together an' all. But like he
just got more 'n more annoyed,
and when he pulled out his badge, I
could see where things was head-
in'. He was insisting now as how
he was takin' her home, soI said
sure! Fine with me baby! My wo-
man didn't 'ppreciate it, but I was
tryinto save us both a whole lot o'
trouble. I mean, like I really had
her best interests at heart;I'd hate
to see her go to jail behind a littlé
thing like that! ~
| . But she stayed cool, itn
heitua in tellin' the dude as how I
was belongin'to them Brothers and
boy, he like to go thru some fast
changes! Then his old lady walked
inan' he was really uptight! Funny
as hell!
. Only my woman didn't think
so... she erent the whole rest o'
miy £2venin', wan... complainin' as
how! should of" sibs: “this:
myself...sayin' only sornebody
dumb as him could ever believe I
a Brother -I ain't got that
was
much heart nor sense... Ss
simple, man! Main reason I ain't
under gtandahic.
FOnG, .an
bo se = ™
mer pp Rs. er
Ags you
chicks so.
joined the Brothers because I got
too much sense. That's why I
didn't interefere none whilst this
.dude was tryin' to get over! Maybe
Mike Dunn an' the rest o' them
fools like a little stay in jail; but I
ain't about to risk it.
. But gettin' back to that arti-
. Seems tome they were kinda
hard on the poor creep, singlin'
him out like that. Don't pay to
mentionno names, butI can call to
mind lots of others bad or worse'n
L.A...Just 'cause a cat's gota
badge don't mean he got to be per-
fect, or can't go out partying like
everybody else...cat's only hu-
man, gets a little high an' tends to
throw his~
cle..
him an' you're ok.
Only scary ‘thing! Ss he feet. that,
he got a gun, and the Man to back -
him up in usin' it. So you find him SI They “have ge 21 s
in a mean bag,’Jim, you can't put _}
him down like just any old inter-
ferin' dude. Him bein' a cop gives
him special rights, sorta, that you
gotta respect - or you in trouble,
baby. Aint, no such ‘thing's "off
duty! withathem. as rou buggin'
him an' he can pull rank ina sec-
' ain't nothing. you can do
prey Re
tween an ‘cop
after - you'dbest cut out while you
still able.
Continued on Page 7
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Guarding Who?
Riot Training Knocked
by Gordon Van Ness
Our local national guard unit has been train-
ing in a mock riot control program. The train-
ing took placé in Voorheesville during two week
ends earlier this month.
I wonder how many of our local national
guardsmen really have been in combat? If they
have been, they know it is hard to fight the ene-
my in his own area, regardless how much train-
ing you may have. And they don't have people
who really know the area well enough to teach
it to others. -
Therefore, the local guardsmen are sitting
ducks for snipers. And believe me, snipers en-
joy shooting at guardsmen. They also enjoy
shooting at firemen, because they come = pro-
tect the ashe a man' 8. Heme >
“f
‘never experienced Wiese. Ds eS
What ‘is worse is’ that we are rcbiingtas
dollars to give our- guardsmen extra training,
when the people need those tax dollars to im-
prove our community.
As a result of this summer's riots,
decided to let more Negroes
(Buards Bi,
it was
in the national
why weren't there any Negroes in
ow = c “Gelve eVenk?. ae =
for him - and that's what is 8 meant by enuality in
this county.
Don’t Join Guard
I say to the black men who are able to go to
the guard units - don't go!- Let whitey fight his
own battle;he created it for himself and for us.
When the white man gets scared, then he
wants our help. He claims he means well all a-
long and he has been our friend for years. But
believe me, he is just fooling you. |
If whitey was your friend, he would.go to his
white friends and have things changed and then
“come to us for more advice on the problems and
what is needed. Until this happens, we will have
small riots and next we will have a revolution.
Masquerade Ball
THE BUSY BEE CLUB ofthe O.E.S. is spon-
soring their first Halloween Masquerade Ball,
Friday, October 27, 1967 from 10 pm until ??
It will be held at the Holiday Inn - Broadway in
Menands. Music by J.R. and the Impressions.
Cost: $3.00 in advance/$3.50 at door -- prizes
for best costumes.
Sustaining Subscription ($25)
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t Subscription for residents of
Arbor Hill and the South End
and students ($5)
Silent Vigil
EVERY WEDNESDAY from 12 Noon to 1 pm
at State and Eagle Streets in front of the Capi-
tol. Now in its 3lst week. Come and join us.
Stand up for peace - for an end to the killing and
suffering and for anew beginning in Vietnam
and here at home. You may stay at the vigil for
6 minutes or 60. See
Albany Liberator. Sept.29-Oct.5 3
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[Any help at all is appreciated. ]
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League Of Women Voters
Of Albany County
Did you know that your County gov-
ernment is responsible for the proper
handling of Health and Welfare Pro-
grams? InNew YorkState, each County
sets up and administers its own pro-
grams and then receives State Aid for
doing it.
This year the County Legislature
will replace the County Board of Su-
pervisors. This new County Legisla-
ture will adopt local laws, create and
abolish County departments and agen-
cies, make appropriations and levy
taxes, manage County property (such
as the Ann Lee Home and the County
jail), fix county salaries, and appoint
other county officials necessary to run
the County Government for you.
You will help elect the County Leg-
islator from your ward. In total there
willbe 39 Legislators representing Al-
bany County. The Cfty of Albany elects
19--one from each ward. The remain-
ing Legislators will be elected by the
voters in the cities of Cohoes and
‘Watervliet; and in the 10 towns. “Each
“Legislator will have one vote and will
serve for 2 years.
_ The Real Estate tax is the major
source of County income, outside of
Gibson Charges |
From Page |
Mr. Gibson said that letters will be
sent to ''six major exterminating com-
panies and many trash collectors."'
"IT don't know what kind ofa response
we'llget, ' said the Brothers standard-
bearer,'' maybe they will be afraid to
buck the machine too. But, I just can't
sit by and watch the Mayor turn over
the goose egg to Clark and Linindoll
without saying something. "'
The letter to thé exterminators
reads:
"Recently the city of Albany received
$70,000 for rat extermination pro-
grams. Since the contract wasn't put
up for bid, as is done in most cities,
wan aa
State and Federal reimbursement for
such things as Welfare, Health, Edu-
cation and Highway programs. All the
cities, towns and incorporated villages
pay real estate taxes to their County,
as well as for local purposes.
In the past the County Government
has met at least 4 times a year, plus
an annual meeting on January lst, and
has called special meetings whenever
necessary. Meetings were open to the
public.
Although the County Legislature is
expectedto assume the responsibilities
of the former Board of Supervisors,
the new Legislature<will establish its.«
own rules and procedures.
In addition to electing the County.
Legislators, you also vote for other
County officers. ,
Chart of Elected Officials in Albany County
Annual
Official Term Salary
*39 Legislators o. YES, 1,000
Treasurer a.yrs. 10, 000
District Attorney 3 yrs. 10, 000
*County Clerk a yrs, 10, 000
*Sheriff a YTS. 10, 000
*Coroner (4) Ss yrss>- 1,860
County Judge 10-yr8..° 25, 000
Surrogate Iv yrs.:.25, 000
Family Court LU yrs. 25, 0G0
Judge (2)
* - County officers to be elected this November
Responsibilities
Effective running of the County
Collects taxes, permits, fees, etc.
Investigates crime in County
Prosecutes cases before the jury
Registrar -- keeper of records
Empowered to.keep the peace
Serves summonses and com-
plaints in Civil actions 3
Head custodian of County Jail
Investigates and determines
cause of death, in case of doubt
Hears ‘both criminal and civil cases
Civil limited to $6, 000
Hears appeals from City and
Police courts
Judge of Surrogate court rules on
estates left by county residents,
guardianships and adoptions by law
All court action involving minors
Adoptions, support, etc.
4 Albany Liberator Sept. 29-Oct. 5
‘tors in the city and something should
but awarded to Harry Linindoll, I wots
der if thisis becauseMr. Linindoll and@
his son, Harry,:Jr., are.ward leaders:
in the 5th Ward. 7 ae
"I feel that a great injustice hagg
been done to.the competing extermina™
eg
~ Sea
Root *
be done about it. Ca oh ee
"I'am sending: letters to all of thes
exterminators in the city in the hopes
of settingup a meeting to talk about ita
"I feel it is time that all businesse
have equal opportunities to bid on city™
contracts when they become availablé. ''™
As a postscript, Mr. Gibson adds
in the letter, 'I have written the hon
Mayor Corning about this and have no
received a reply as yet.'"'
Similar letters will follow to the
city's refuse collectors, said Mr
Gibson, ''in the hope that a meetin
will be set up with them, also.'"'
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Syste, Oe a as eae ~
Mockery Protested
From Page |
the book would be removed from the
course, mS
Mrs. Wynnhad applied to Manpower ~
for clerical work and had been put into.
the nurses' assistants course rather =
than the more advanced practical nurs- |
ing course, despite hospital work ex-. 28
perience. Two weeks after she had sent Pg
out her letters criticizing the book, 3
Mrs. Wynn was notified that she had =
been dropped from the course. Be
~ Prd Oe oe gee 2 WES reo a T5933 ane”
BPR EOE NT ILS OEMs SH ;
‘VOLUNTEER PRACTICAL REGISTERED NURSE’S
NURSE PROFESSIONAL AIDE
NURSE
Who is this and what does she do in
the hospital, Mrs. Wynn asked the
Manpower instructors?
This creature is a mockery of the
Negro race, says Mrs. Wynn. It may.
have antenae, but in the instruction
book, it does the same work as the
aides. .
soem 5
PAC News - Rally And Fire Provide Action
PAC Leads Campaign
To Help Fire Victims
_ Speaking ofaction, the Political Ac-
tion Committee (PAC) of Troy had quite
a bit of activity last week, when a fire
swept through three buildings on Sixtt
Avenue. Six families were left home-
less by the blaze and three others hac
heavy water and smoke damage in their
apartments.
PAC immediately launched a "Hel
The Fire Victims Campaign.'' How-
ever, PAC chairman, McArthur Mar-
tin, was forced to criticize the Rens-
selaer County Welfare Department for
slow: action in handling the cases of
families not on welfare.
Martin said, ''In casesof an emerg-
ency, like the Sixth Avenue fire, these
county agencies must be much more
prompt. PAC feels that the Welfare
Department could have acted much
fester than it did. As a matter of fact,
we did not receive full cooperation
from the Welfare Department until we
had contacted the administrative head
in Albany. The cooperation we receiv-
jee || RR teow
Mncteez *,
te
ed after calling Albany was very, very
prompt."
PAC also received contributions of
new clothing from Troy merchants.
The NAACP, Troy chapter, contributed
money to PAC for the families. Alland
all the ''Help the Fire Victims Cam-
paign'' was a complete success.
a
Liberal Commission |
The Liberator is looking for some- é - Sixth Avenue Fire
one interested inselling advertising on ge A is ay i ae
ee a A cin. Call Loe Van ive families were made homeless and three had heavy damage 3
Dyke at 465-3347 or Peter Pollak at done to their apartments and belongings in a fire on Sixth Avenue in
465-0719 for details. Troy two weeks ago. PAC has lead a campaign to help the victims.
PAC Rally Saturday
The Troy Political Action Gemuriit—"
tee (PAC) will hold a fund raising ral- |
ly, Saturday, September 30th in Troy.
The rally will be from 1 to 6 pm.
Some of the guests expected are:
members of the Brothers-from Albany;
George Bunch of ''Build, Baby, Build;"'
Troy City Manager Sidney Smith; Dept.
of Public Works Commissioner, J. J.eo
Quigley; Director of the Troy Neigh-
borhood Youth Corps, Nancy Bunch;
Herbert M. Pollar of Schenectady, and
the newly formed Schenectady Action
Committee.
The rally will be held on Sixth Ave.
between Jacob and Hutton Streets in the
Ben Katz Memorial Playground. This
is the playground that was recently
, blacktopped and improved by the cit
Site of PAC Rally of Troy at the request of PAC. :
The Ben Katz Memorial Playground will be the site of a PAC fund Food and refreshments will be "
raising rally, Saturday, September 30. The rally will be held from . served. Any reader of the Albany Lib-
1 to 6 pm on the playground that was blacktoped and improved through erator is invited to attend. McArthur
PAC's campaign to get better treatment for the Troy ghetto. Martin, chairman of PAC will be mas-
ter of ceremonies.”
Albany Liberator ‘Sept. 29-Oct.5 5 :
*.
_. Stokely Carmichael, former: chair-
man of the Student Nonviolent Coordi-'§
nating Committee (SNCC), has arrived
in Algeria after a recent visit to North
Vietnam and Cuba. The militant black
power advocate -- his passport lifted
by the U.S. State Department and the
threat of a sedition trial over his head
because of anti-government remarks
he made during his journey -- was
interviewed by a reporter for the Al-
gerian Press Service (APS). Here are
portions ofthat talk madeavailable ex-
clusively to The National Guardian.
APS--What does your trip to Hanoi
represent?
SC--It signifies that the African-
American will not only refuse to fight
in the war in Vietnam but that he will
move closer and join hands-with his
Unlike other
Americans who are concerned about
Vietnam, our position is that we don't
only want to see the U.S. stop bombing
and put an end to its aggressive war,
we want the Vietnamese to win the war
and kick the U.S. out.
Vietnamese brotliers.
APS--The tempo and violence of the
struggle of black Americans is indica-
“tive of a new phase. Would you define
that struggle today?
SC--The struggle is for control of the
African-American communities in the
U.S. by the African-American. That
is the most immediate struggle, but as’
we know today struggles are not iso-
lated but interrelated. Ours is inter-
related with those of the third world
and especially our ancestorsin Africa.
Our struggle is to destroy the. imperi-
alist structure of the U.S., which en-
slaves us. We have tried by peaceful
coexistence in the U.S. for over 400
years. The price of peaceful coexist-
ence has been lynchings, burnings and
bombings of our houses, schools and
churches. It is clear to us that peace-
ful coexistence is nothing but mainte-
nance of the status quo. Therefore, for
us armed struggle is the only solution. ,
-APS--In Havana you implied that Afri-
can-Americans belonged to the third
world, and said: ''Our heroes are black
men--Malcolm X, Frantz Fanon, W.E.
B. DuBois, Mao. Tse-tung and Che
Guevara.'' Would you develop this i-
dea?
SC--First of all, it is clear that white
Western society has not only imposed
its culture onus forcibly but it has im-
posed its very heroes onus, heroes
who have beenracists andexploited our
people. If we are to find our true cul-
tural integrity, which Fanon stresses,
Carmichael Interviewed In Alg
SNCC’s Past Chairman
then we must get heroes who have come
from us. Great African generals like
Chanko and Cetswayo whom no one
hears+ about must be reinstated in his-
tory so that our youth can look to these
people and be inspired by them knowing
that they can imitate them. There is no
need for them to try to imitate a Napo-.
leon or a de Gaulle.
Secondly, we must let our children
know that there are great philosophers
in the third world. The thoughts of
these men are opposed by the West be-
causein many cases their philosophies
arein direct contradiction to the values
of Western philosophies. What the peo-
ple of the third world have done is to
withdraw from confrontation between
the philosophers of the third world and
those of the West. The time of with-
drawal is over.. We. must hasten to
‘bring about the contradictions between
the philosophers of the third’ world and
the philosophers of Western society.
For my own part,
for many African intellectuals on this
issue, I feel that the philosophers of
the third world have much more to of-
fer us in terms of creating a humanis-
‘tic society for the third world than the
philosophers of the West whose job has
beento rationalize the barbaric acts of
Western society.
Now on another level, this question
of third world blackness is actually
‘more of an _ ideology.
6 Albany Liberator ‘Sept. 29-Oct. 5
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men's skins is irrelevant, as long as
they oppose the domination ofthe West-
ern world. We see Britain, France,
Germany, The Netherlands and the
. 3? 1
U.S., white countries, as the imper-
ialist powers. Therefore, it is a ques-
tion of ideology and not of skin. Those
who oppose- white Western domination
are black men, be they from the Mid-
dle East, the Far East or the heart of
Africa. That is to say, if they oppose
that domination with more than words.
APS--This trip has taken you from
Havana to Hanoi to Algiers. Why did
you choose this itinerary?
SC--We wanted to touch those coun-
triesin the third world which are real-
ly undergoing revolution or which have
undergone revolution througha people's
war and armed struggle. What we have
seen of: recent history is-that those
countries which have been given inde-
pendence have been given nothing and
that there can be no negotiation of id-
dependence. Western countries have no
business in Africa. They must be put
out. There canbe no negotiation on that
point.
We are no less men than white men
and it is absurd for us to discuss or to
negotiate: how- ‘long. it-'should-take for:
one man to stop oppressing another
man. And, furthermore, to discuss the
question with the oppressor himself.
If a man is stepping on my toe and l1
say to him you are stepping on my toe,
please get off and he replies yes, I
know I am stepping on your toe but it
willtake me six months to withdraw my
foot, I say there can be no discussion,
I have to push that man off. And if he
resists I will cut off both his legs. It's:
that simple. That is particularly why
we visited these countries that have
been engaged in armed struggle.
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The Youth Division of the New York
branch of the NAACP broke with the
national organization's ''no comment"!
stand on the Vietnam War this week by
issuing a statement calling the war
"morally unacceptable".
"As long.as America prepares for,
oris at war, the black people will suf-
fer and die under the pretense of belt-
tightening and expediency,'' the state-
ment, issued at a New York City press
conference, said.
Roy Wilkins, executive director of
the NAACP, said he had ''no comment"
on the statement.
The determination of the national
NAACP not to take a stand on the Viet-
nam War was a sourceof dissent at the
national convention in July.
The Youth Division, which is led by
Bucky Taylor, president of the New
York State Youth Division, and by
Steven Kidd, vice president and pro-
gram director, tried unsuccessfully to
get a series of proposals, including a
condemnation of U.S. involvement in
Vietnam, onto the convention floor.
_ At this week's news conference, the
Youth Division called the war ''a pre- |
tense on the part of this government to
close ranks and retreat*into the 'loyal-
ty' bag while Sate position grows in-
tolerably worse.
In addition, Taylor eccused the na-
tional.onganizationz-of_not — haying. rare Sin, -with_j
program and predicted a "growing con-
flict'' between it and the Youth Divi-
sion, which has about 2000 members
ranging in age from 10 to 25,
ing to Taylor.
The Youth Division also said it was
preparing a statement for the United
accord-
Nations calling attention to ''the con-
trolled and systematic genocide com-
mitted by this country on the Indians,
and the enslavement, genocide and
continued subjugatian.of black people.
Kidd called Wilkins ''the most par-
anoic leader black people have, ''add-~
ing that Wilkins would.''step on anyone
in the NAACP who gets more press
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. That's what those two cats should
of done, Jim! When they dug what was
happenin', they ought to have split the
scene, an' not hung ‘round buggin' L.
A. like that. They asked for it really-
not. Mat=.2t's
mean, things like that happen all the
man. Don't know who this Grant
Daniels thinks he is...like what gives
him the right to complain an' carry on
so. His case ain't no exception, man-
it's the rule... One o' them "unwritten
rules, ''like, that a man just got to ad-
just himself to.
I don't hardly know a man as ain't
been accosted or insulted, false - ar-
restedor hit upside the head... but you
sure gonna have a hard time provin'
anything! It don't matter how crazy a
bull story they usin' as excuse for
pickin' you up... Cause like that Mike
Dunn admits it, himself, even - right
or wrong - them cops an' judges all
all sticks together an' look out for their
kind. , |
time,
No, fightin' it out with a lot o' legal
ain't no kind. of ©
talk an' lawyers
answer. It's always better to plead
guilt of whatever they say. You know,
like just go along with 'em, an' in a
couple days their bad mood, their high
or hangover or whatever done wore off
and they be feelin' a little silly they-
selves. Then youonly got to agree with
everythin! an'say what they tell you.
an' like as not, you be out on the stteet
OE warnin,
.no big thing anyway. I.
greeable.
let you go. .
with Reverend Smythe, man. Now he
finally got the ‘sense to give in; an' they
let him off with a "reprimand", quick
an' quiet - like...
in talkin' that five dollar. votin'
Federal Marshals jive -
city an' the Man again - well,
get him again, an' for good, Baby!...
No, it don't pay to fightit, Jim!...Just
play 'long with 'em an' then keep the
hell out of their way afterwards!
To my mind, any cat fool enough to
rap toa girl a cop got his eye on, or
answer back to an insult; tell a wise-
acre cop where to get off, or not give
up his seat for the Man in a crowded
bar. A cat who'd risk buggin' a cop
in any way at all, Jim, even by askin!
onea juestion when he could be high or
in a mean bag... Well, this cat is just
an’
beggin' for trouble, Baby, and he ain't ;
Let them save face an' they’
. Just'look at that business ~
Course if he starts —
downin' the.
they'll:
got no right actin' all surprised an'up- »
set when it comes!
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really mad Jim! You just got to be a-
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News Notes
Volunteers Resign
The director and three top staff members of
the International Voluntary Services, a highly-
respected volunteer agency in Vietnam partly
sponsoredby the U.S., have resigned in protest
against the Vietnamese War. At the same time
45 of the teachers, agricultural specialists, anc
social workers in the organization who have
been working in the villages and hamlets to helf
the South Vietnamese peoplehave signeda letter
to President Johnson calling the war ''an atroc-
ity.'' The volunteers accused the U.S. Govern-
ment in Vietnam of attempts to silence their
protestand of pressuring them to involve them-
selves in the war effort.
Women Protest War
Nearly 500 members of Women Strike for
‘Peacetried tomarohin front of the White House
last week to protest U.S. involvement inViet-
nam. When they were told only 100 of their
group would be allowed to picket, the ladies
surged at the police and were knocked down anc
scattered by police with clubs.
Restrict Demonstrations
The Senate Public Works Committee unani-
mously approved a bill last week to restrict
demonstrators within the Capital buildings or on
The bill will go before the House
Accordinys to the
the grounds.
senate for action upon it
The bill reflects the growing concern
over recent racial and anti-war demonstrations
in the nation's capital.
Draft Teachers
Telegrams sent by ‘the United Federation o
Teachers Union this month charged that the Se-
lective Service System was being used as a CO:
ercive instrument to force striking teachers t
return to school and forfeit their demands.
New York City teachers who demanded deci-
sion-making rights and salary increases in th:
city school system by staying away from classe
have been summonedby their local draft boards
Inmany cases teachers feared that their presen
status 2-A(necessary civilian occuaption) woul
be changed to 1-A (available for military duty)
The Union's telegram re juested immediat
explanationas to why teachers were being sum
moned for draft hearings and the immediate ces
sation of this harassment.
+ Frameup In Buffalo
Martin Sostre, a militant Black liberatio
fighter, was taken prisoner in Buffalo, N.Y
this past July on trumped-up charges and hel
on bail of $50,000. Mr. Sostre was the propri
etor of the Afro-Asian Bookstore, a popula
bookstore in the heart of Buffalo's ghetto, thé
sold the works of such authors as Malcolm
Leroi Jones and James Baldwin to its youn
Black customers. During the riots in Buffal
earlier in the summer, Sostre's store was sack
edby police who turned high-power water hose
on the book racks in the store, nearly destroy
ing all the merchandise.
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